I. adjective
Synonyms: meager 2, exiguous, poor, scant, scanty, scrimpy, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse
II. verb
to be extremely frugal and parsimonious in an effort to economize
scrimped all year to buy that fur coat
Synonyms: pinch, scrape, screw, skimp, ||skinch, spare, stint; compare spare 3
Related Word: scamp; scratch; save (up)
Idioms: pinch pennies